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2011-08-02
The Women and Media Collective has been at the forefront of the Sri Lankan women’s movement. A brief glance at the work carried out by the WMC shows us that issues around sexuality have often been discussed and debated with the WMC networks and partner organizations. Often, these debates included discussions on legal reforms pertaining to women’s reproductive health and rights, women as victims of sexual violence, and the right to controlling one’s own body (in terms of the legislation relating to abortion, for example).
2011-08-02
January - June 2009   WMC launched this project in 2007 and it was continued in the following years with the same objectives of increasing women's knowledge of local government, building their capacity to contest local government elections, helping them enable good governance, etc. The observation teams continued the monitoring of selected Local Councils in Kurunegala, Monaragala and Badulla.  
2011-08-02
A number of women for civil society organizations issued a media statement to all media institutions condemning the abduction of journalist Krishni Ifham on the 24th of June 2009.